Bishop's Bread II
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
24
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Ingredients for - Bishop's Bread II

1. White sugar - 2 cups
2. Margarine, softened - 1 cup
3. Eggs - 4
4. All-purpose flour - 4 cups
5. Salt - 1 teaspoon
6. Baking powder - 2 teaspoons
7. Buttermilk - 1 cup
8. Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
9. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons
10. Maraschino cherries, drained and juice reserved - 1 (10 ounce) jar
11. Semisweet chocolate chips - 2 (12 ounce) packages
12. Chopped pitted dates - 2 (8 ounce) packages
13. Flaked coconut - 1 cup
14. Chopped pecans - 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Bishop's Bread II

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.

2. Stage

In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.

3. Stage

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. In a third bowl, combine the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla extract and maraschino cherry juice.

4. Stage

Stir the milk mixture and flour mixture alternately into the egg mixture until a soft batter is formed. Fold in cherries, chocolate chips, dates, coconut and pecans. Pour batter into prepared pans.

5. Stage

Bake in preheated oven for 90 to 120 minutes, until loaves are firm and a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean.